Airy
['eərɪ] or ['ɛri]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; 'airy gauze curtains' .
(adj.) not practical or realizable; speculative; 'airy theories about socioeconomic improvement'; 'visionary schemes for getting rich' .
校對:梅雷迪思--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
(a.) Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
(a.) Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
(a.) Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
(a.) Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
(a.) Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
(a.) Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
(a.) Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
(a.) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
巴纳德編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Unsubstantial, aerial, ethereal, aeriform, thin, rare.[2]. Light, subtile, sublimated.[3]. Sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, wanton, volatile, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, gay, blithe, light, light-hearted, light of heart, in spirits, in good spirits, of good cheer.[4]. Showy, gaudy, flaunting, jaunty, gairish, fine.[5]. Windy, empty.
錄入:维维恩
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Light, ethereal, spiritual, joyous, sprightly, lively, animated, frolicsome,fairy-like
ANT:Dull, inert, stony, ponderous, plow, heavy, cheerless, sullen, dolesome,lugubrious, leaden, wooden
整理:马库斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Let her footstep, as she comes and goes, in these pages, be like that other footstep to whose airy fall your own heart once beat time. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- This airy young Barnacle was quite entertained by his simplicity in supposing for a moment that it was. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Hither, hither, from thy home, Airy sprite, I bid thee come! 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Yes, thou shalt revisit the land of thy birth, I thought, as I looked invidiously on the airy voyager; but we shall, never more! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- We are so very airy! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- For Airy this was a crucial question; but to Adams it seemed unessential, and he failed to reply. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- In September, 1845, he gave the results to Chal lis, who wrote to Airy on the 22d of that month that Adams sought an opportunity to submit the so lution personally to the Astronomer Royal. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- His touch was brilliant and firm, and his fingers flew over the keys with a rapid and bird-like motion, airy, and yet decided. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I think, sir,' said Mortimer, breaking the awkward silence with his airy self-possession, 'that you did me the honour to mention my name? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
錄入:劳伦斯